November
3
2016
Watch national economic development consultant Matt Tarleton's presentation on what powers economic growth, delivered at the 2016 MHP Housing Institute.
November
2
2016
BOSTON --- This past summer, the Commonwealth took a big step in resolving discrepancies between the Community Preservation Act (CPA) and the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust (MAHT) statutes when Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law An Act Modernizing Municipal Finance and Government (H. 4565). Included in the bill were changes to the MAHT statute, MGL Chapter 44, Section 55c.
October
31
2016
CHARLESTOWN ---- In explaining why Bridgeview Center has such a varied mix of apartments, Dafna Krouk-Gordon began by talking about why she founded Toward Independent Living and Learning Inc. (TILL) in the first place.
October
21
2016
BOSTON --- MHP’s homeownership team hit the road this month, doing three events in Boston to explain the benefits of the ONE Mortgage program to prospective first-time homebuyers and realtors.
October
19
2016
Go to the 5-minute mark of this video to hear Needham's Devra Bailin explain why housing is economic development.
October
6
2016
HAVERHIILL --- Julio Quinones has been playing the lottery his whole adult life but hasn’t won much. So when he saw an ad in the paper for a housing lottery, he thought, “I’m not going to win that one.” But this time, he did and now he and his family are happy at Tenney Place.